WALDENSES
Wal*den"ses, n. pl. Etym: [So called from Petrus Waldus, or Peter
Waldo, a merchant of Lyons, who founded this sect about a. d. 1170.]
(Eccl. Hist.)
Defn: A sect of dissenters from the ecclesiastical system of the Roman Catholic Church, who in the 13th century were driven by persecution to the valleys of Piedmont, where the sect survives. They profess substantially Protestant principles.
WALDENSIAN
Wal*den"sian, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to the Waldenses.
— n.
Defn: One Holding the Waldensian doctrines.
WALDGRAVE
Wald"grave, n. Etym: [See Wald, and Margrave.]
Defn: In the old German empire, the head forest keeper.
WALDHEIMIA
Wald*hei"mi*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of brachiopods of which many species are found in the fossil state. A few still exist in the deep sea.
WALE Wale, n. Etym: [AS. walu a mark of stripes or blows, probably originally, a rod; akin to Icel. völr, Goth. walus a rod, staff. sq. root146. Cf. Goal, Weal a wale.]